Thesaurus results for CROUCHED

crouched

verb

past tense of crouch

as in huddled

to lie low with the limbs close to the body the cat crouched in the bushes, waiting for the right moment to pounce on the chipmunk

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Recent Examples of crouched Peters crouched down and used a little body language to try to coax the ball fair. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026 At the final whistle, Pulisic crouched on the field, covered his face with his jersey and cried. — Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026 Brandon Wolf crouched in the corner of the nightclub bathroom for what felt like forever as gunshots rang out. — Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2026 The image in question features Grande crouched on the ground while sucking a lollipop and loving a happy black dog. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026 The first showed him walking hand-in-hand with his sons, and the second showed Jack crouched down in a church pew as one of his sons played with toys, surrounded by coloring books and stickers. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 22 June 2026 After getting broken to fall behind 2-4 in the third, Djokovic attempted to knock a ball back to the ball boy, who was crouched beside the umpire’s chair. — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 When one of them crouched to pet the Federicos’ dog Marshall, napping on the floor, Rob explained how Kong dog toys were invented. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2026 Bindi, who won season 21 of the reality dance show with partner Derek Hough, smiled with her arm around Robert, who crouched down next to his dancing partner, Witney Carson. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

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Inside at Revel Lounge, half the après crowd sips cocktails in robes and slippers while the other half have logged back on with work and are huddled away in the bar’s many discreet nooks and corners.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
My high-octane mutt was leaping around the patio table and barking excitedly while my neighbors huddled together over their steaks.

— Deborah Mower, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

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The performance seemed designed to suggest that, away from the cameras, the Russian leader spends his time hunched over maps of the battlefield.

— Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
Roden-Reynolds, the epidemiologist Lea Hamner, and Virginia Barbatti, the executive director of a nonprofit called Tick Free Martha’s Vineyard, were hunched over their laptops at locations around the island, scrutinizing a map of enemy encampments.

— Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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